Every year a little festival comes to town. Though it’s not as big as some of the music festivals that draw crowds in the tens of thousands, it has a lot of heart. This year, the Queer Arts Festival (QAF) brings the same spirit to Vancouver as it has the years prior.

In it’s sixth year, QAF features a curated visual arts show, a community art show, and three weeks of performances and workshops from all artistic disciplines, including music, dance, theatre, literary, and media arts.

Scroll through the list below to see what you expect and what you need to attend. Click each image to find out more details about each event.


QAF 2014: Must-Sees

By Sad Magazine

What’s tickling your fancy? There so many events to see, we’ve narrowed it down to a few you have to catch over this three week festival. 

  • Ongoing – X

    By Sad Magazine

    With the tagline of "Ever seen a drunk puppet?" we are both intrigued and already chuckling at this one man show. 

  • July 25 – Colin Tilney Celebrates LXXX

    By Sad Magazine

    A keyboardist with chops beyond your wildest imagination, Colin Tilney, in partnership with the Vancouver Early Music Festival, will tickle the ivory and your ears with this performance.

  • July 23-August 9 – Queering the International

    By Sad Magazine

    An arts fest without a visual arts exhibit? Don’t be silly. This exhibit curated brings together works by queer artists who creatively expand possibilities of how to be Queer in the Large World. 

  • July 31 – Alien Sex: A Gala(xy) Fundraiser

    By Sad Magazine

    An innovative multi-generational and multi-genre collab between artists, this fundraiser for the festival is a must. Prizes for best dressed queer aliens are only PART of the incentive. 


 

Find the full schedule here.

You can also find out more about the festival and organizers, the Pride in Art Society, here.

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